Abi Clarke

In the earlier days (i.e. Early 2020. In the olden days comedians might have been able to perform across the UK for a number of years prior to being invited onto a television panel and then selling an arena tour. It's not as simple. One art form that can still be performed live is comedy, but there's no way to expect arena shows. One Bristol comedian has managed to find a huge worldwide audience during lockdown via social media. Abi Clarke never set out to be an internet star. Abi, 24, lives in Henbury and began posting videos online "to create a network of like-minded people who could enjoy my standup comedy." "I was doing a lot of gigs throughout the region of Devon to males in their 50s who weren't so enthusiastic about my Love Island, Sims and Twilight references. So I went to the internet in hopes of finding young women that were similar to me." Abi has since been performing at Lakota Gardens as locks have eased however, she continues to upload her videos to Instagram, Twitter and Tik Tok (where she's recently surpassed more than 500,000 followers) In the process, she draws inspiration from sources as varied as her job in an establishment, a chat with a stranger or even the girl group chat. She writes all of her ideas down on her smartphone.